(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz Earlier this month, I went to Montreal for a weekend of music, fun and urban adventure. Mutek, one of the top electronic music events in the world, drew me there. I wrote about it in a previous column in The Review [...]
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz Detroit is buzzing with ideas, brimming with activity. When I say Detroit, I include Hamtramck in the developing big picture. When I say ideas and activities I mean research, panel discussions, art and design projects; alternative energy initiatives, transportation and information [...]
By Ian Perrotta Hamtramck’s ethnic diversity was on full display last Thursday at Dickinson East Elementary School’s 13th Annual Multicultural Celebration and Ice Cream Social. Over 800 people attended the event, which was held outside on the school’s playground. The ice cream social began at 5:30 p.m. and featured an assortment of frozen Good Humor [...]
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz Last weekend, I got lucky. Not only was I in Montreal to write about at an extraordinary electronic music festival called MUTEK — which features five days and nights of live events, picnics, panels and Q&A’s with some of the best [...]
The Birth and Death of Dodge Main In June 1910, John and Horace Dodge began construction of a factory on a piece of property in the southeast corner of the dusty little village of Hamtramck. Within 10 years, their factory would transform Hamtramck into a major industrial city with a population that skyrocketed from 3,500 [...]
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz The arts scene is on a roll once again in Hamtramck. It feels a bit like deja vu all over again, recalling the burst of creative energy in the early 1990s. That’s when artists who’d recently moved into the city put [...]
By Mike Murphy Steve Hughes and his wife, artist Anne Harrington Hughes, have lived in Hamtramck since 1995. He is a partner in Hughes and Lynn Building and Renovation. He is also the publisher of Stupor, which is sold at many stores that offer small press magazines such as Printed Matter in New York, and [...]
(Editor-at-Large Walter Wasacz writes a weekly column on life in Hamtramck.) By Walter Wasacz I’m up to my neck in techno these days, getting ready for the impressively massive Movement Festival weekend that beckons. And when I say massive, I mean it. On top of three full days and nights (up to midnightish) filling up [...]
By Ian Perrotta Last week’s Clean Sweep wasn’t all about picking up litter. For Hamtramck Detective Jackie Crachiola, it was about putting down some paint. Det. Crachiola spent the day at the viaduct on Jos. Campau and Denton St. repainting a mural of the American Flag. The original flag was painted in 2002 by Crachiola [...]
By Greg Kowalski Special to The Review Like gardening? Take it seriously? Most people who dabble in the dirt do love cultivating their own food. But there was a time in Hamtramck when gardening was taken so seriously, it was governed by law. And if you broke the law, you risked a $100 fine and/or [...]
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